Sunday, April 21, 2013

Singita Kruger National Park, South Africa



Singita Kruger National Park



SINGITA has become the gold standard of the safari industry, it is easy to see why the concession in the Kruger National Park, 33,000 acres, in two cabins. Expected every need (hot water bottle warm morning game drive and blankets), the staff remember your preferences, a surprise every day, whether it is candlelit bush dinner surprise fireside performances.

Tree-cum-urban loft aesthetic given to the views of the the N'wanetsi River and the foothills of the Lebombo Mountains. Lebombo 15 glass curtain wall suite with roughly hewn wood ceilings and pillars mimic the surrounding trees. Full glass front allows you to watch the game from the bed, or you can laze on the elevated deck.

Neighboring Sweni six suites have a similar design. Both have access to a gym, a spa, an art gallery, a boutique and a wine cellar, professional and innovative African Year.

Nayara Hotel, Spa & Gardens, La Fortuna de San Carlos, Costa Rica, Central America




Nayara Hotel, Spa & Gardens


The basis of the Nayara hidden towards the Arenal volcano is still active, it is likely to be considered the definition of oasis. The resort has a volcano, surrounded by tropical rain forest, bursts of bright colors trademarks with Costa Rica, regardless of tropical flowers, vibrant creatures (like a blood-red dragonflies).


50 cabin romance and seclusion of a focus on the private outdoor jacuzzi and four-poster beds around the drapes. Explore the surrounding wilderness guide the rate hike, zipline, horseback riding, rafting, wildlife tours. Then relax poolside bar, a cocktail or rose petals decorated massage.

Discovery Shores, Boracay, Philippines




Discovery Shores


The barefoot elegance undoubtedly the island, 2 and is known as a half-mile stretch of white sand beach is often the softest singled out in the world on the rumors.

88 spacious suites are equipped with large glass walls, look for a scenic rock gardens, but chances are by the water, you will spend more time. A dip in the infinity pool or jet ski crystalline sea.

The people, the head of the sandbar, where they provoke delicious mojitos into the local litchi, mango and other flavors. Once you fully refueling, karaoke OK, your heart, with more than 1,000 songs (mainly English) to choose from resort casual lounge.

Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur, India



 Oberoi Udaivilas


This palatial, 30-acre property, located in central Rajasthan, presided over the banks of Lake Pichola, to maintain the charm of a bygone era through a obvious Mewari's lens.

Royal Service, to ensure that your arrival, as a private boat ferry across the dome of the palace of Udaipur. Your personal butler is to guide you to your room, located in a private courtyard silk parasols and opinions of the Aravalli mountain jagged.

It is hard to believe you less than 3 miles from the city center and landmarks, such as the 16th-century city palace, the hotel can arrange an English-speaking experts to guide you through the myriad of corridors and garden.

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island, Australia



 Southern Ocean Lodge


Sitting in a sparsely populated island a 30-minute flight from Adelaide this hostel, which is the attitude of modern design and green. 21 spacious suites limestone layer, locals works of art, and an outdoor terrace. The air conditioning is not necessary: Structures use of natural weather patterns.

Owner James and Hayley Bailey's development is full of wildlife on the island, leaving the rest of only one per cent of the total area of ​​land preservation trust. Guests understand the resort's sustainable development policy, check the area's natural beauty emphasizes Baillies appreciation.

Triple Creek Ranch, Darby, MT, Usa




Triple Creek Ranch


Three Creek is a service-oriented, adults-only property in Montana Bitterroot Mountains. 40-acre landscape 23 plush cabins, each equipped with a wood burning fireplace, hot tub, original oil paintings and sculptures, accompanied by locally woven wool feather bed suitable for a rancher.

The range for the interests of the guests, and can include fly-fishing, dinner chef's table, and helicopter tours. Baker and Boulder cabins are the cheapest, but still has a seating area and a fireplace, and provides access to a hot tub. In the winter, do not miss the the snowshoe hiking pass Lewis and Clark to explore the cross-Chief Joseph staff in 1805 as a cowboy boot on your return or chocolate chip cookies.

Singita Grumeti Reserves, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa




Singita Grumeti Reserves


The entrepreneurial SINGITA have done it again with the new SINGITA exploration, mobile safari camp, which is the latest addition to the company's 340,000-acre concession majestic Serengeti in Tanzania. Other hotels include the tent (still) Sabora, mahogany box, worn leather sport seats, thick Persian carpets.

Falufalu, the six chalets overlooking the of Maiti River, channels Swahili Beach resort, a swimming pool, an open-air lounge, guests SIP sunset cocktails such as elephants gathered in front of the puddle below curve. The reserve is the flagship Sasakwa highlands of East Africa ranch house.

There are the seven bungalows quarters, a garden, and the top of the cliff diving pool. Tennis courts, a spa and a yoga center occupy guests between the twice-daily game drives, including elephants, wildebeest, zebra and gazelle was there to witness. Active travelers by horse riding or mountain biking scenery.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Socotra Archipelago, Yemen, Western Asia



Socotra Archipelago



Sitting alone in the Socotra Islands, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean at the junction of enjoy almost uninterrupted isolation, as it breaks from the Gondwana super-continent (land quality, the Americas, Africa, Australia, Saudi Arabia, India,), 100 million years ago. Since then, nature has evolved in many weird and wonderful ways.

UNESCO World Heritage exotic plants (trees, oozing blood red juice, bear the stench, toxic cucumbers and other shaped like a bottle), 180 exotic birds, 700 plant and animal species found on Earth without Department.

Luray Caverns, Virginia, USA





Luray Caverns


In rural Virginia, a 400 million year old cave system, you will find the world's largest musical instrument. Visitors have been Luray Caverns to see the discovery of the site in the the limestone column since 1878, stalactites and stalagmites, and the underground world of natural beauty, as well as draw, the main attraction is great Stalacpipe organs, built in 1954 years.

When press the key organs, rubber mallet tap near stalactites group, resulting in different colors, echoing the huge network of caves for the entire site.

Chocolate Hills, Philippines, Asia



Chocolate Hills


There are two folklore, explain the formation of the Chocolate Hills, Bohol Island, 400 feet above the surrounding farmland nearly 2,000 symmetrical mound rising.

A claim that they are the two giants, a boulder hit up the mess left. Another said, the mountain is a huge tears mourning his lover.

But many people may prefer the sweet image of a grass-covered limestone hills, and become brown during the dry season rich shade, similar large-scale Hershey kiss inspired the name of the landscape.

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, Philippines, Asia




Puerto Princesa Subterranean River


The 5-mile-long island of Palawan Puerto Princesa Subterranean River is the world's longest navigable underground river. Lined by nearly 15 km long cave stalactites and stalagmites, including the world's largest cave chamber into the South China Sea.

The surrounding park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is equally impressive, and is home to more than 800 species of plants, 165 species of birds, 30 species of mammals, 19 species of reptiles, nine different types of bats.

Sarisariñama Sinkholes, Venezuela, South America



Sarisariñama Sinkholes


In southwest Venezuela, gravity in Pingdingshan Cerro Sarisariñama, the punched four perfectly round hole nearly 1,000 feet deep into a remote tropical rain forest landscape.

Hundreds of kilometers from the nearest road, the area is so far removed civilization sinkholes not found until 1961, when they found that pilots flying over the mountains.

Tessellated Pavement at Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia



Tessellated Pavement at Eaglehawk Neck


Tasman Peninsula coastline is unlike any other in the world named after a rare erosion after the Roman mosaic technique is called mosaic pavement.

There are two different modes of erosion: some stones to form a circular brick similar to bread, and other developers depressions, to collect their proposed boundary between the sea water, reflecting the sky like a sash, has been extended to the sea .

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Devils Marbles, Australia



Devils Marbles


The Devils Marbles protected areas known as a sacred place called Karlu Karlu Native Ayers Rock Northern Territory most representative site some serious competition.

Most of the photos rocks concentrated in just two years, but in fact there are many more of these prehistoric rust-colored granite boulders some of which can be as large as 20 feet in diameter scattered area of ​​more than 4400 acres.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Ice Towers of Mount Erebus, Antarctica



Ice Towers of Mount Erebus


In the frozen slopes of Mount Erebus, the world's southernmost active volcano above, superheated gas through steam vents rise to the formation of the ice cave.

When the volcanic gases through the cave, some within the icing to form a rough chimney tower, can reach a height of more than 60 feet. The result is a cold chimney landscape of steam to the cold Antarctic air like a magic factory cluster.

Silfra Rift, Tingvellir National Park, Iceland, Europe



Silfra Rift



Together like puzzle pieces moving tectonic plates in the earth's crust (also known as continental drift), is more obvious than in other places in southwest Iceland Thingvellir National Park.

In the the park expanding Almannagjá Canyon, you can take a stroll in the seams of the Eurasian Plate and the North American plate, as they slowly away, or you can dive into Lake Thingvellir in Silfra rift between the mainland cracks.

Nearly a century, glaciers melted, filtered lava lake, but once the water from entering, it is so clear visibility nearly 1,000 feet underwater.

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, Usa



White Sands National Monument


Sugar white sand dunes through the Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico moving annual rate of nearly 30 feet. Due to the evaporation of mineral-rich water near Lake Lucero, the formation of gypsum deposits, then these dunes shaped wind.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, where visitors hiking, the Ranger Travel and coaches drive along 16 kilometers of dunes also provided by the National Park Service.